Light over Ely/Tower, VA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
About 30 minutes later, south of tower and near Pike Sandy, there were multiple thin, skinny clouds that were radiating out of the area that the bright orange star was seen, which is now in the eastern sky. Around the clouds were several contrails that appeared to be made by an aircraft of some kind, doing circles around the area where the bright orange light was seen. Another witness in the area had heard what sounded like military jets in the area. The clouds remained until about 20:00 and had dissipated into the atmosphere.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #144538). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-01-13 → 2019-01-30